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Isaiah 7

Isaiah 7:23

Judgment to Come · Isaiah 7:17–25
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Translations

Modern
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
Traditional
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
Literal
And it will come to pass in that day that there will be in every place where there are a thousand vines at a thousand of silver—there will be briers and thorns.
Latin
Et erit in die illa: omnis locus ubi fuerint mille vites, mille argenteis, in spinas et in vepres erunt.

Original

Hebrew
English
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.

Notes

Isaiah 7:23–25

Farmers faced almost complete disaster. Fertile fields and lush vineyards would turn into wild grazing lands filled with useless plants like briers and thorns (see Isaiah 5:6).

Isaiah 7:18–25

The phrase on that day refers to the future Day of the LORD, when God acts to judge and to save.

Judah would first experience the judgment Isaiah had announced. This would be a warning of a greater judgment still to come. That greater judgment was the exile in Babylon from 586 to 538 BC.

Isaiah 7:1–25

At one point in his reign, Ahaz faced a serious crisis. The kings of Syria and Israel attacked Judah. They planned to remove Ahaz and force Judah to join them in resisting Assyria.

Instead of trusting the Lord, Ahaz asked Assyria for help (2 Kings 16:7–10). By doing this, he rejected Isaiah’s call to trust in God (Isaiah 7:12).

The Assyrians defeated Syria and Israel. In time, both nations fell. However, Assyria later turned against Judah and sought to control it completely.

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Ahaz Isaiah Fearing People Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Measurements

  • a thousand shekels of silver: About 25.1 lb (11.4 kg)

Parallels

Micah 1:1–7

Glossary

Ahaz (King) Isaiah, Book of Minerals and Metals

Topics

Agriculture or Farming: Produce of, often Blasted Because of Sin Agriculture: Fruits Blasted Because of Sin Ahaz: King of Judah, Son and Successor of Jotham: Prophecies Concerning Assyria: Prophecies Concerning Hypocrisy: Ahaz Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Denounces Calamities Against Israel and Judah Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Vineyard: Leased Vineyards: Estimated Rent of